1977 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	22	17	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55168
Sat	8/13/1977	H	Cleveland Browns	34	33	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45370
Fri	8/19/1977	A	Baltimore Colts	7	29	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45529
Fri	8/26/1977	H	Miami Dolphins	33	7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44396
Sat	9/3/1977	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7	26	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	52942
Sat	9/10/1977	A	Buffalo Bills	30	6	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	35017
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Dallas Cowboys	10	16	L	OT	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47678
Sat	9/24/1977	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	3	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	66272
Sun	10/2/1977	H	Green Bay Packers	19	7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47143
Sun	10/9/1977	H	Detroit Lions	14	7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45860
Sun	10/16/1977	H	Chicago Bears	22	16	W	OT	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47709
Mon	10/24/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	3	35	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	62414
Sun	10/30/1977	A	Atlanta Falcons	14	7	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	59257
Sun	11/6/1977	H	St. Louis Cardinals	7	27	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47066
Sun	11/13/1977	H	Cincinnati Bengals	42	10	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45371
Sun	11/20/1977	A	Chicago Bears	7	10	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	49563
Sun	11/27/1977	A	Green Bay Packers	13	6	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56267
Sun	12/4/1977	H	San Francisco 49ers	28	27	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	40745
Sun	12/11/1977	A	Oakland Raiders	13	35	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52771
Sat	12/17/1977	A	Detroit Lions	30	21	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	78572
NFC Divisional Playoff
Mon	12/26/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	14	7	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	62538
NFC Championship
Sun	1/1/1978	A	Dallas Cowboys	6	23	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	61698

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Nate Allen	25	CB	5-10	170	29	Texas Southern	14	0
Joe Blahak	21	CB	5-9	181	27	Nebraska	12	0
Matt Blair	59	LLB	6-5	242	27	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State	14	13
Bobby Bryant	20	RCB	6-0	176	33	South Carolina	14	14
Neil Clabo	12	P	6-2	205	25	Tennessee	14	0
Fred Cox	14	K	5-10	200	39	Pittsburgh	14	0
Steve Craig	84	TE	6-3	231	26	Northwestern	14	0
Rick Danmeier	7	K	6-0	188	25	Lakewood State JC; Sioux Falls	1	0
Doug Dumler	57	C	6-3	243	27	Nebraska	14	0
Carl Eller	81	LDE	6-6	252	35	Minnesota	14	14
Chuck Foreman	44	RB	6-2	212	27	Miami (Florida)	14	14
Charlie Goodrum	68	LOG	6-3	256	27	Florida A&M	14	14
Bob Grim	26	WR	6-0	196	32	Oregon State	14	0
Windlan Hall	40	S	5-11	176	27	Arizona State	5	0
Wes Hamilton	61	ROG	6-3	271	24	Tulsa	14	6
Tom Hannon	45	S	5-11	195	22	Michigan State	12	0
Wally Hilgenberg	58	LB	6-2	230	35	Iowa	11	0
Joey Jackson	76	DT	6-4	255	28	New Mexico State	3	0
Sammy Johnson	48	RB	6-1	226	25	North Carolina	14	0
Mark Kellar	39	RB	6-0	225	25	Northern Illinois	14	0
Tommy Kramer	9	QB	6-2	205	22	Rice	6	1
Paul Krause	22	FS	6-3	199	35	Iowa	14	14
Bob Lee	19	QB	6-2	190	31	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	5	4
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	40	Ohio State	14	14
Brent McClanahan	33	RB	5-10	202	26	Arizona State	14	14
Fred McNeill	54	RLB	6-2	229	25	UCLA	14	14
Robert Miller	35	RB	5-11	204	24	Kansas	14	0
Manfred Moore	36	RB	6-0	200	27	Southern California	12	0
Mark Mullaney	77	DE	6-6	246	24	Colorado State	14	0
Alan Page	88	RDT	6-5	255	32	Notre Dame	14	14
Ahmad Rashad	28	WR	6-2	202	28	Oregon	14	14
Steve Riley	78	LOT	6-6	258	25	Southern California	14	14
Jeff Siemon	54	MLB	6-2	235	27	Stanford	14	13
Scott Studwell	55	LLB-MLB	6-2	228	23	Illinois	14	3
Doug Sutherland	69	LDT	6-3	250	29	Wisconsin-Superior	14	14
Dennis Swilley	67	OG	6-3	257	22	Texas A&M	14	0
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	37	Georgia	9	9
Mick Tingelhoff	52	C	6-1	237	37	Nebraska	14	14
Bob Tucker	38	TE	6-3	225	32	Bloomsburg	8	0
Stu Voigt	83	TE	6-1	223	29	Wisconsin	14	14
Ed White	62	ROG	6-2	264	30	California	13	8
James White	72	DT	6-3	270	24	Oklahoma State	14	0
Sammy White	85	WR	5-11	195	23	Grambling State	14	14
Phil Wise	29	S	6-0	193	28	South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha	13	0
Jeff Wright	23	SS	5-11	190	28	Minnesota	14	14
Nate Wright	43	LCB	5-11	179	30	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	14	14
Ron Yary	73	ROT	6-6	256	31	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	27	Tommy Kramer	QB	Rice
2	55	Dennis Swilley	G	Texas A&M
3	83	Tom Hannon	DB	Michigan State
5	138	Ken Moore	TE	Northern Illinois
8	222	Clint Strozier	DB	Southern California
9	250	Scott Studwell	LB	Illinois
10	278	Dan Beaver	K	Illinois
11	306	Keith Hartwig	WR	Arizona
12	335	Jim Kelleher	RB	Colorado

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	52	55	48	70	6	231
Opponents Totals	55	76	59	31	6	227

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:02	245	110	126	9	83/207 40.1%	8/10 80.0%	75	556
Opponents Totals	29:58	212	119	80	13	75/213 35.2%	6/12 50.0%	82	688

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chuck Foreman	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Sammy White	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Fred Cox	0	25	29	86.2	8	17	47.1	0	49
Brent McClanahan	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Sammy Johnson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ahmad Rashad	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Tucker	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Matt Blair	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Stu Voigt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Nate Wright	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carl Eller	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	30	25	29	86.2	8	17	47.1	1	231
Opponents Totals	30	26	29	89.7	7	17	41.2	0	227

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	8	17	47.1	1	42	0/0	3/7	4/6	1/4	0/0
Team Totals	8	17	47.1	1	42	0/0	3/7	4/6	1/4	0/0
Opponents Totals	7	17	41.2			1/1	2/3	3/6	1/6	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	270	1112	4.1	51	6
Brent McClanahan	95	324	3.4	18	1
Sammy Johnson	55	217	3.9	26	2
Robert Miller	46	152	3.3	14	0
Mark Kellar	7	15	2.1	9	0
Fran Tarkenton	15	6	0.4	8	0
Tommy Kramer	10	3	0.3	8	0
Bob Lee	12	-8	-0.7	7	0
Team Totals	510	1821	3.6	51	9
Opponents Totals	548	2218	4.0	58	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	258	155	60.1	89	1734	6.7	11.2	59t	9	3.5	14	5.4	22	232	1502	69.2
Tommy Kramer	57	30	52.6	23	425	7.5	14.2	69t	5	8.8	4	7.0	6	45	380	77.0
Bob Lee	72	42	58.3	26	522	7.3	12.4	48t	4	5.6	4	5.6	7	47	475	76.3
Paul Krause	1	1	100.0	0	11	11.0	11.0	11t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	11	152.1
Team Totals	388	228	58.8	138	2692	6.9	11.8	69t	19	4.9	22	5.7	35	324	2368	72.7
Opponents Totals	312	149	47.8	147	1835	5.9	12.3	95t	15	4.8	16	5.1	30	254	1581	61.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ahmad Rashad	51	681	13.4	48t	2
Sammy White	41	760	18.5	69t	9
Chuck Foreman	38	308	8.1	31t	3
Brent McClanahan	34	276	8.1	23	2
Robert Miller	27	246	9.1	25	0
Stu Voigt	20	212	10.6	24	1
Bob Tucker	9	109	12.1	29	2
Sammy Johnson	4	21	5.3	8	0
Bob Grim	3	65	21.7	23	0
Steve Craig	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	228	2692	11.8	69t	19
Opponents Totals	149	1835	12.3	95t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Bryant	4	44	11.0	41
Nate Wright	3	0	0.0	0
Paul Krause	2	25	12.5	25
Matt Blair	1	18	18.0	18
Jeff Siemon	1	9	9.0	9
Jeff Wright	1	5	5.0	5
Scott Studwell	1	4	4.0	4
Phil Wise	1	4	4.0	4
Nate Allen	1	0	0.0	0
Fred McNeill	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	16	109	6.8	41
Opponents Totals	22	187	8.5	31

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Neil Clabo	83	3302	39.8	69	0	10	19	507	2595	31.3
Team Totals	83	3302	39.8	69	0	10	19	507	2595	31.3
Opponents Totals	92	3511	38.2	60	1	7	17	346	3025	32.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Manfred Moore	47	2	277	5.9	28	0
Bob Grim	11	4	69	6.3	44	0
Joe Blahak	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	58	7	346	6.0	44	0
Opponents Totals	42	4	507	12.1	87t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Manfred Moore	24	524	21.8	48	0
Sammy White	7	113	16.1	36	0
Robert Miller	5	66	13.2	20	0
Brent McClanahan	4	90	22.5	32	0
Mark Kellar	3	37	12.3	16	0
Bob Grim	1	4	4.0	4	0
Dennis Swilley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	45	834	18.5	48	0
Opponents Totals	48	999	20.8	98t	2

SACKS	NO	YDS
Carl Eller	15.0
Alan Page	7.5
Doug Sutherland	2.5
Jim Marshall	2.0
James White	2.0
Fred McNeill	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	254.0
Opponents Totals	35.0	324.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Nate Allen	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Blahak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Blair	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Doug Dumler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Foreman	9		2	0	2	3	0
Charlie Goodrum	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Grim	3		0	0	0	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Kramer	3		0	0	0	-3	0
Bob Lee	1		0	0	0	0	0
Brent McClanahan	7		2	0	2	0	0
Fred McNeill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Robert Miller	2		0	0	0	0	0
Manfred Moore	3		0	0	0	0	0
Alan Page	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ahmad Rashad	2		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Riley	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Siemon	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dennis Swilley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	3		2	0	2	-14	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
James White	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Sammy White	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Wright	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Nate Wright	0	0	0	1	1	27	1
Team Totals	36	24	12	13	25	13	1
Opponents Totals	23	13	10	24	34		1

Neill Armstrong	Defensive Coordinator
Jerry Burns	Offensive Coordinator
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jocko Nelson	Linebackers
Buddy Ryan	Defensive Line